Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "leckmichunten" <leckmichunten@...> wrote:
> BC Manager doesn't find it, Ableton gets incoming Midi messages but doesn't transmit any to it, nor does MidiOX.
> 
> I am out of ideas here. Is it defective?

I get the impression that the problem is only with the connection FROM the computer TO the BCR that is defective? (I.e. the "MIDI output device" from the perspective of the computer.) Is this so?

In any case, my guess at this point is that there is a hardware fault in the USB controller of your BCR, assuming it's not a cable problem.
And have you ruled out a fault in the computer's USB hardware? Not that I think this is likely, but when things are this desperate... To check this, you might try connecting your BCR to a different computer.

You may want to look at question 42 in section 24 of the BC Manager Manual (p. 93), in particular point 3: basically this is about checking whether things do work if you connect the BCR to a computer via its standard MIDI I/O sockets. That should give you strong evidence that the problem indeed lies with the USB hardware.

You could also connect your BCR directly to a synth or master keyboard via MIDI: e.g. see if you can get the BCR to switch between presets by sending Program Change messages from the synth/master keyboard.

Hope this helps,
Mark.